Organizational Learning and Knowledge as a Social Practice: a Dialectical Discourse- Based Framework

Preston Please insert 3rd line of postal address Please insert 4th line of postal address Please insert 5th line of postal address PR1 2HE Abstract Organizational learning and knowledge have been conceptualized in terms of processes of diffusion and learning. Both approaches are valuable but problematic, making assumptions that are questionable and being somewhat unreflexive in approach. A discourse-based framework is proposed for thinking about learning and knowledge in an organizational context. The framework takes a dialectical view and draws on a Critical Discourse Analysis approach, resulting in a framework that is more sensitive to the complexities of social practices such as learning, and is more reflexive, explicitly recognizing the assumptions that underpin the form of analysis.